Sacred Games

Sacred Games

Sartaj, the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. But 'the silky Sikh' is now past forty, his marriage is over and his career prospects are on the slide. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip off as to the secret hideout of the legendary boss of the G-company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize...

Sacred Games is an epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of violence and love set against the backdrop of a teaming 21st century Mumbai.

Promotion info

The international number one bestseller, now in paperback

Awards

Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Fiction 2008.

Author description

Vikram Chandra was born in New Delhi. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won both the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the David Higham Prize upon its release in 1995. His work has been traslated into eleven languages.